Go from 400MXC to 450EXC... wish you hadn't?

Yep... sitting on the bubble.... wondering whether to keep my '02 KTM 400MXC ... or make the jump to the '03 450EXC.

Once I geared *way* down (from 14-50 to 13-52), I've really enjoyed the 400 in the woods.

Went and did the Elsinore Grand Prix this last week...

[Editor: "...what a total kick in the pants!! You have to go do this race at least once in your life!!"]

.... and had a ball. But I got real tired of being pulled by the stinking CRF450's down the straights. "...grrrrrr" (grin)
And so I'm seriously thinking about making the jump to the 450 but a tad worried about the 450 being a bit much in the deep, gnarly woods. (Live in Portland, OR -- ride snotty, rocky, death trails up in the woods)

Anybody switch from a 400 to a 450 and wish they hadn't? Especially if you're a deep woods rider?

Thanks mooches! E-Ticket

p.s. did I mention that Elsinore was a total gasssssssss....?!

uh.... dunno'. I was concentrating pretty intensely on what was *right* in front of me. :eek: (grin)

But I do know that I passed two CRFs on the fire road who lost their nerve.
(bigger grin)

That's where I also realized that I need a steering dampener. :scream:

Cheers! - ET

cool.... there's one vote for the "bigger-boom-ka-toom..!" -- ET